Energy

Fueland

ConservationPart 1

By S. David Ross

For South Charlotte Middle School's

6th Grade Science Classes

Winter 2014

Qualifications

Building Design Project Engineer/Energy Conservation Engineer/Environmental Engineer for Baltimore County Government 1993-1996

Public Health/Environmental Engineer for Baltimore County Government 1988-1993 Mecklenburg County Government 1996-2010

Mechanical Engineering Degree The University of Maryland – College Park 1987

Computer Science Degree Towson State University 1993

CMS Volunteer “Learning Buddy” @ Elizabeth Lane Elementary School 2011-2014

Forms of Energy

Potential Energy – Energy that can be released.

Kinetic Energy – Energy in action.

Forms of Potential Energyalso known as FuelsFuels

Wood/BioMassCoalNatural gasMethane gasOilsGarbageFecal matterAnimal bodies

Wood and Biomass Fuels

Coal as Fuel

Natural and Methane Gas as Fuel

Oils as Fuel

Waste as FuelGarbage

Fecal Matter to EnergyMcAlpine Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant

Where Your Toilet Water Goes

Dead Bodies as Fuel

Forms of Kinetic Energy

Blowing Wind Flowing Water Geothermal Solar

– Mechanical

– Electrical Nuclear Combustion

Hydroelectric Energy

Cowans Ford Hydro Station Lake Wylie Hydro Station

Mountain Island Hydro Station

Geothermal Energy

Solar Energy: Mechanical

Solar Energy: Electrical

Nuclear Energy

Coming-up Next Time...

Combustion Converts Forms of Potential Energy into Kinetic Energy

Wood/BioMassCoalNatural gasMethane gasOilsGarbageFecal matterAnimal bodies

Thank you...

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